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Pirate Epic Arcs Tiericide or AF?

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Dieter Rams
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2013-02-25 14:35:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Dieter Rams
Hello spacebros,

has anyone had any success with doing the pirate epic arcs using the rebalanced T1 frigates? If not, what AF's are recommended (fittings appreciated)?

Thank you
Signal11th
#2 - 2013-02-25 15:21:29 UTC
Dieter Rams wrote:
Hello spacebros,

has anyone had any success with doing the pirate epic arcs using the rebalanced T1 frigates? If not, what AF's are recommended (fittings appreciated)?

Thank you



Did the guristas epic arc in a Retribution, was fairly easy.

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Dieter Rams
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-02-26 09:49:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Dieter Rams
Anyone else? I'm particulary interested in T1 frigates; I fly mostly Caldari and missiles.
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-02-26 17:31:56 UTC
Why not try running them in your favorite frog on the test server?
Ifly Uwalk
Perkone
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-02-26 22:52:00 UTC
Klymer wrote:
your favorite frog

There is some really deep, hidden meaning in there somewhere, I am sure of it.
SaccharIS
Dammalin Industries Incorporated
#6 - 2013-02-26 23:27:44 UTC
The Arcs work fine with pretty much any AF i believe. Personally I have done both of them in a Wolf, Jaguar, Enyo and Ishkur going with shield buffer fits for the Minmatar and active armor tank for the Gallente ships. I don't think most T1 frigs will do though since they wont bring up as much tank. Exceptions might be ships like the Incursus and the Merlin possibly. Going T1 I would recommend Destroyers though, they will do the job just fine as well.

[Wolf, Epic Arc]
Damage Control II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II
Gyrostabilizer II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II

1MN Afterburner II
Medium F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction

200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S
200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S
200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S
200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S
'Arbalest' Rocket Launcher I, Mjolnir Rocket

Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I

This was my Wolf fit.


[Ishkur, Epic Arc]
Damage Control II
Coreli C-Type Small Armor Repairer
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Tracking Enhancer II

1MN Afterburner II
Stasis Webifier II
Cap Recharger II

Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Corpii C-Type Small Nosferatu

Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I
Small Semiconductor Memory Cell I


Hobgoblin II x10

And this my Ishkur fit. They both worked well.
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#7 - 2013-02-27 00:04:21 UTC
Dieter Rams wrote:
I fly mostly Caldari and missiles.

I don't think either the Condor or Kestrel are durable enough to pull it off, unfortunately. I could be wrong, but in my experience the missions include a rather good amount of damage that you have to either avoid (which Caldari ships don't do that well) or tank (which the Condor and Kestrel don't do that well). An active tanked Merlin might work with some difficulty, but it's not a missile boat.

So far as AFs, a rocket Hawk would definitely blow the missions away, and qualifies both as Caldari and missiles. Great tank and resists, good damage projection, and a spare high slot so you can even fit a nosferatu (to help with your tank) or cloak (to toggle online/offline for safer travel in conjunction with a MWD).

Just make sure to bring a ton of ammo of the appropriate damage type, and an ECCM module if you are going to be facing jamming NPCs (look it up ahead of time).

Good luck!

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Cage Man
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Pandemic Horde
#8 - 2013-02-27 19:05:34 UTC
Merlin was the only Caldari frig you could put enough tank on for the arcs, but it has lost its missiles, so not useful anymore for PVE imo. I have used the hawk, retribution and vengence. They all work really well, depending on what you shooting. retribution is nice as you instantly switch between short and long range ammo. Guess a worm and hookbill would also work, never tried them though.
Dieter Rams
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#9 - 2013-02-28 23:36:55 UTC
Wow, thanks for all the great feedback guys; I'll update this thread once I've done them.